Leftovers: Albert Pujols, Septuagenarian

• Albert Pujols told reporters in the Dominican Republic that he should have won the MVP — instead of Ryan Howard — because he led his team to the playoffs even though the Cardinals won two fewer games than the Phillies. I think we should go easy on Pujols. Look: Sometimes as people get older — say, in their mid-30s — they begin to get a little senile and say stupid things. [AP/ESPN.com]

• Oh, and, yes, you guessed it: Albert Pujols is a candidate for Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. Probably because he always puts the team in front of himself, so much so that he hit .200 in the World Series so his teammates could get all the glory. Yeah. I’m sure that’s why he did it. [SI.com]

• I’ll just quote the reader who sent this in: “I had to read this about four times before I figured out that he wasn’t talking about Amish people in the title.” [Craigslist]

• An Annapolis paper on our city’s fine mayor, John Street: “Sporting a hairstyle not dissimilar to that of Don King, the flamboyant Philadelphia mayor sounded somewhat like the famous boxing promoter when he declared the city was prepared to make an effort to keep the Army-Navy game ‘for all-time.’” Awesome. [The 700 Level]